--
-- help.lua
-- User help, displayed on /help option.
-- Copyright (c) 2002-2013 Jason Perkins and the Premake project
--


	function premake.showhelp()

		-- display the basic usage
		printf("Premake %s, a build script generator", _PREMAKE_VERSION)
		printf(_PREMAKE_COPYRIGHT)
		printf("%s %s", _VERSION, _COPYRIGHT)
		printf("")
		printf("Usage: premake5 [options] action [arguments]")
		printf("")

		-- filter all options by category.
		local categories = {}
		for option in premake.option.each() do
			local cat = "OPTIONS - General"
			if option.category then
				cat = "OPTIONS - " .. option.category;
			end

			if categories[cat] then
				table.insert(categories[cat], option)
			else
				categories[cat] = {option}
			end
		end

		-- display all options
		for k, options in spairs(categories) do
			printf(k)
			printf("")

			local length = 0
			for _, option in ipairs(options) do
				local trigger = option.trigger
				if (option.value) then trigger = trigger .. "=" .. option.value end
				if (#trigger > length) then length = #trigger end
			end

			for _, option in ipairs(options) do
				local trigger = option.trigger
				local description = option.description
				if (option.value) then trigger = trigger .. "=" .. option.value end
				if (option.allowed) then description = description .. "; one of:" end

				printf(" --%-" .. length .. "s %s", trigger, description)
				if (option.allowed) then
					local function compareValue(a, b)
						return a[1] < b[1]
					end
					table.sort(option.allowed, compareValue)

					for _, value in ipairs(option.allowed) do
						printf("     %-" .. length-1 .. "s %s", value[1], value[2])
					end
					printf("")
				end
			end
			printf("")
		end

		-- display all actions
		printf("ACTIONS")
		printf("")
		for action in premake.action.each() do
			printf(" %-17s %s", action.trigger, action.description)
		end
		printf("")


		-- see more
		printf("For additional information, see https://premake.github.io")

	end